Nathan Allman
Nathan Allman is the Founder and CEO of Ondo, a leader in blockchain-based financial innovation. He leads Ondo in bridging traditional finance with blockchain technology by tokenizing real-world assets. Previously, he worked on the Digital Assets team at Goldman Sachs where he focused on creating cryptocurrency market services for institutional investors. He also has a background in private credit investing at Prospect Capital Management, an alternative asset manager.
Nathan Allman Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and CEO
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Head of Digital Assets
Academic History
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B.A., Economics
Allman established Ondo in 2021 with the goal of bringing traditional assets on-chain and advancing innovation in traditional finance.
The protocol aims to accelerate the transition of an open economy by building the platforms, assets, and infrastructure that bring financial markets on-chain.
Ondo is a pioneer in real-world asset tokenization by providing on-chain financial instruments like tokenized U.S. treasuries and corporate bonds.
EARLY CAREER
At Goldman Sachs, he focused on crypto and using blockchain infrastructure to decentralize traditional securities issuance and trading.
He was a Partner at ChainStreet Capital, a quantitative cryptocurrency hedge fund focused on algorithmic event-driven trading.
He was an Associate at Prospect Capital, a hedge fund investing in publicly-traded business development companies.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
He has been featured in Yahoo! Finance, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, The Block, and Real Vision.